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How His Home Was Slowly Burned.

While the fire engines were rushing along
West Madison street one day last week the
word was passed on the front platform of a
street-car that somebody's house a few
blocks away was on fire and in danger of
being destroyed - 1t must be tough to
lose a house that way, remarked the SYM
pathetic driver Yes" replied an elderly
passenger who stood on the platform smok
ing a cigar; " know it is, because I've had
some experience; lost house by fire, and
the queerest thing about it was that the
conhagration continued for more than
thirty years AT this the driver let go his
brake and almost dropped the lines, so
great was his establishment 4" | mean just
what l say continued the elderly passen-
ger. And, furthermore, I've been able
to figure out the rate of destruction. 1t was
q $4,000 house, and it has been burning
away at the rate of SlS2 year, or 80 cents
day. It's about gone now, and, as there
is no insurance, / realize that | shall be
compelled to spend my old age without the
home OF my own, which was my dream
thirty years ago. What kind of fire
was it, mister ?n queried the driver, rec0v-
ering his composure and his grip on the
brake This kind replied the passen-
ger, taking fresh cigar from his vest
pocket and lighting it upon the stump of
the one he had just finished. This kind,
and it has destroyed nay house and lot as
completely as an earthquake could have
done L. Chicago Herald
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BIGAIY IN SELF EFENsE.-Justice Haw-
kins yesterday decided that bigamy is no
crime when woman commits ii in self
defense. A poor woman who had married
a habitual criminal when she was II was
deserted by him after her first baby was
born. He had never made any provision
for her, and in the intervals when he was
not in prison he used to come back to her
whenever she got a situation, and compel
her TO keep him. Thep creature there
upon married a second husband, who un-
dertook to protect her from the first, who
was always threatening her. Husband No.
l therefore gave her into custody for big
amy. When all this was proved Justice
Hawkins became very excited, and de-
elared that he regretted exceedingly that
the woman had been imprisoned one
month waiting trial. He felt that he should
be wanting in humanity if be were to or
der her to be imprisoned for one single
hour beyond that time, and the sentence
was that she be imprisoned fos half an
hour. The announcement was received
with applause. Bigamy therefore, is
henceforth to be regarded as iusiifable as
means of self-protection. But would it
not be better to amend the law of divorce?
Pal HaH Gdrstie.
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Insecticide Exnerin,ent.

A recent issue OF the Los Angeles Herald
has the following; About three years ago
i. w. Wolfskill and his foreman. Alexan-
der Craw, began experimenting with fumes
and gases for the destruction of scale in
sects on fruit and other trees by envelope
ing the tree in tent and filing the tent
with the gas. After experimenting about
a year they discovered that a certain gas
would destroy these insects by combining
them in it from two to three hours. About
this time they devised an apparatus for OPP
Grating the tent When Professor D. W.
Coouillett was sent to this city BY the De-
partment of Agriculture about year ago,
Mr.. Craw mentioned the above facts to
him, and after his work for the Department
had been completed he began series
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ABOUT PLATINUM.
Where it is Found, its Price and its Va
iious Uses.


iious Uses.
P H. Dunnagan of jamestown. and
others, want to know the price. etc, of
platinum.
The importers price for refined platinum
has risen steadily since 1888. when it was
Sc 80 to 81 80 per ounce, according to
quantity bought II is now worth 81 so to
S. 80.
The most important source Of platinum
are the hydraulic mines at Milne Tag,sk,
and Forge Blagodat il the Jfrat noun
tains. About eighty per cent. of the world S
production comes from this source Next
in importance are the gold washings of the
Pinto, in the United States of Colombia.
About fifteen per cent. of the entire prod
uct comes from this source. 1t is also found
in Brazil, Borneo, Hayti Peru India, Aus
tralia and in the sands of the Chaudiere
river, in Quebec. IT has recently been found
in a quartz vein in New Zealand. The in
terest in the deposit lies in the fact of the
extreme variety of platinum in place.
Platinum has been found in small guam
titles in various parts of this country, asso-
ciated with free gold in placer deposits, but
it is only from the placers of California
that ii has been produced in merchantable
quantity, which amounts to between 100
and 200 ounces per annum, and is sold at
seventy-five cents per troy ounce. Ii con-
tains about eighty-fve per cent. of The
metal, and is shipped to London to be re-
fined.
The platinum ore, as it is called, con-
tains iridium, rhodium, gold, copper and
iron 1t is sometimes, though seldom,
found crystallized in cubes and octahe-
drons, but more usually in rounded or fiat
tened grains, or sand having metallic
luster. 1t is very rarely found in place, but
mixed with placer gold sands.
The principal consumption OF platinum
is in the manufacture of chemical appara-
tus, but, within the past few years, the use
of incandescent electric lights, and also gas
Jets, made luminous by heated platinum
spiral, have caused an increased demand
for the metal and the steady rise in price,
during the past three years, may be re-
ferred to this cause Georgetown Courier.
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FEED WKLL.-The dairyman who hest
tates in feeding his cows should well re-
member that not only will the increased
dairy product well repay the extra feed. but
the manure resulting from the feed will be
worth sometimes the entire cost. of the
feed, always good portion. Professor B.
w. Stewart, in the Country Gentleman, says
the best existing matter in a ton OF hnseed
meal Is worth S26, and that after feeding it
the manure will be worth $23 49, or 80 per
cent. of the cost. As the increased dairy
product should at least be worth the entire
original cost of the meal. from s25 to $50.
in addition to the $23 40 in manure, one
can easily see the double profit of liberal
feeding in this instance Jersey Bulletin.
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HARMONY AND DIsCoRD.
BEFORE MAaR1sc

BEFORE MARRIAGE.
She sings beautiful soprano
Most every night.
And plays the upright grand piano
To his delight.
Beside the instrument he fingers,
Admitting sees
The lovely maiden's fair fingers
Flash Ger the keys.
And thinks such happiness he never
Before enjoyed
What bliss 10 linger there forever
Bliss unalloyed.
AFTER MARRIAGE.
What, banging on the piano
Well, IL be blessed
You think that you can sing soprano?
Give us a rest
Perhaps you think your voice delicious?
lis, goodness knows
You'd better go and wash your dishes
And darn your hose.
You think that you're a player, maybe?
You are, no doubt
Come down and mind your squalling baby;
I'm going out
-Ne,e York Journal.
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An ancient Theater

To our mind the most interesting relic of
old Syracuse is the Greek theater. This,
ike the Quarries, the Catacombs and the
Amphitheater, has been cut out OF the rock,
so that considering its antiquity, It is in q
yery much better state of preservation than
buildings of similar character which
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ST. DAvID'S,
No Howard St., near Third. San Francis

A FIRsT-CLAss LODGING HOTEL, con-
"A tanning 300 rooms; water and gas In each
room; no better beds In the world; no guest al
lowed to use the linen once used by anofner;
large reading room; hot and cold water baths
free Price Of rooms: Per night, 50 and 20 cents
per week, from y upwards. Open all night g.
HUGHES, Proprietor. at Msrket-street Ferry,
take Omnibus line OF street. cau 100 Third and
Howard 1yzIuInsu
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The Glory of Man Is His Strength. and
for the many ailments arising from nervous
prostralion and physical weakness, such as loss
Of vital energy, nervous debility seminal weak
ness impotency and the various ills eau4i by
I Indiseretion, Excess and Abuse there is no more
effectual remedy than DIR. LaMsrs' Seminal
Pills. They build up the entire system, renew
the wasted energies, giving strength, yigor and
vitality to all the organs. The feeble and in
firm End in them a veritable fountain of youth.
Price, 81 so. Sent C. o. D., by express, or by
mail, on receipt of price Address all orders to
A. McBoYLE 4 CO., Druggists, P. o. Box 1852,
San Francisco. JASON
SIS. q e. L. snnthworsb, Dentists. Sac.
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A Bic TUMBLE FOR 4 PACK HoEsE-Last
week a pack-horse belonging to the Nevada
City and Downieyilie Stage Company fell
over the grade above Camptonyille and
slid down the snowy embankment 5000
feet to the North Yuba river. The drivers
could not then get down where it was even
to recover the express matter with which
it was loaded and went away giving it up
for total loss. A few days later when
james Miller was coming down with a
band of cattle he saw the poor animals
predicament and rescued ii alive with its
load. -TrdnscrsDt.
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Cure for fin. Deaf.

PECK ) PATENT IMPROVED CUSHIONED
TT ~, .e 5r,i
Invisible. comfortable and always in posi-
ton. All conversation, and even whispers
heard distinctly. send for illustrated book Of
testimonials free. F HISCOX, 85S Broadway
New York. Us ems
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WHY SHE WANTED TO LIyE.-A lady,
who had recently lost her husband, and a
friend were eating dinner together at the
residence of the latter. Il sympathize with
you from the bottom of heart in your great
sorrow, said the friend 1T must be ter
rible to lose such man. "Ah, me- yes, -
sighed the widow ut is only the hope of
meeting him in better land that gives me
courage and desire to live. Siit-
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1 was troubled with Cs.arrh. 1 used
half a bottle IF Ely's Cream Balm and it helped
me wonderfully. by father was almost deaf
he had constant roaring IN his ears: after a
few applications of the Balm he was relieved of
the Ioariag and can now hear as well as ever
Miss Nettie Write, Copperopolis. Arizona feS-ly
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Advice to Mothers.-Mrs. Winsiow',
SOOTHING SYRUP should always be used wher
children are cutting teeth. It relieves the little
sufferer at once; il produces natural, quiet sleer
cherub awakes as bright as button" It Ii
very pleasant to taste. 1t soothes the child
softens the gums allays all pain, relieves wind
regulates the bowels, and is the best known
remedy for disrrhea, whether arising from teeth
ing or other causes. twenty-five cents bottle
mrf5IvMWS
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The extraordinary popularity of Ayers
Cherry Pectoral is the natural result of its
use by all classes of people for over forty
years It has proven itself the very best
specific for colds, coughs and pulmonary
complaints.
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FRUIT LAND.

DARTIEs DESIRING TO PURCHASE FRUIT
I Land in Placer county in the neighbor
hood of NEWCASTLE, will do well 10 CORE
spond with the undersigned, as he has large
number of improved and unimproved farms,
from to 500 acres ranging in price from $40 per
acre up. fmrS-1ptfl ROBERT JONES, Newcastle.
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COLONY LANDS FOR SALE.

OAK PARK COLONY, TEHAMA COUNTY,
" is in the rich timber belt on the line of the
tepten of settlers as one of the choice localities
for building homes. The climate is mild, the
soil fertile and produces all the fruits in perfec
ton. Secure lands here at the present low
prices Inquire at i26 L street, Sacramento. I'm
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w. j. KAVANAUGH,
u ~ ID Y R II a Xxx II n,
No. 5I3 ] ST., bet. Fifth and Sixth.

A LwAYs ON HAND LARGE AsSORT-
\ ment of Metallic and Wooden Baskets,
burial Cases Collins and shrouds furnished.
Colin orders will receive prompt attention on
short notice. and at the lowest rates. Office
open Cay and night 4p-tf
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Fr7sl-AH Fits stopped free by DIR.
Kline's Great Nerve Resrorer. No Fits
after first days use Marvellous cures.
Treatise and 81 trial bottle free to Fit
cases. Send to DR.. Kline, 931 Arch street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
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If you want "a Number Gre Carpet
woven on short notice, send it 20 MARY S. cow
GER, Si2 NJ street. mrS-1ms
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GENERAL NOTICES.
Do You ask for a test OF sozodont's po

Just talk 70 a lady for half an hour
Ii her breath is sweet. ii her tee h are white,
If her gums are Glenn. If her gums are bright,
If her mouth is pure aud her 'esth are clean,
She uses the s sZODoNT. then, we ween.
iV1-lyTuThS
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If you want first-class Buggy, Cart,
Phaeton or anything ia the carriage line, go to
HARRY BERNARD'S, Sixth and L streets. If
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From The Pastor of the OIivet Baptist
Church, Philadelphia, Pa I was so troubled
bottle of Ely's Cream Balm did the WORK Ny
voice is fully restored.-B. F. Liepsner. feS II
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Ii afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
TH0MP50N'S EYE WATER. Druggists sell il
at 25 cents Ol9-iyS
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a vigorous growth and the origina
color given to the hair by PARKER's HAIR BAL
SAM.
PAEkER's GIvGEE Tone, the best cough cure
mr5-ltS
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UNDERWRITERS.
REEVES & LONG.

u nc ID ERT a * z RS.
cog ST., bet. Sixth and Seventh north sfds).
AYE KEEP ON HAND A CON-
w plete Stock ofCefIins and Caskets. Sa15z.z.1zf
Also. Shrouds of every description. Orders
from city or country will receive prompt atten-
ton, day or night EMBALAfING done in the
best manner at reasonable rates. If
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How to Make Good Butter.

An experienced Eastern butter-maker
gives the following hints upon the subject
of making first-elass butter; After butter
comes ont of churn, work in a little more
salt than usual. Work thoroughly. Set
in a cool place mot very cold) and leave it
there till little stitf-an hour or half an
hour may do. Work thoroughly, to get as
much buttermilk as possible again. Set it
in cool place again to remain as before
Work again, and continue the process four
Or five times until the buttermilk is nearly
all out. Each time the butter gets a
brighter yellow. Have your butter jar
ready, after letting cold water stand in it
awhile, and commence to Law the butter
down. Put in layer and with the ladie
smooth it over. Then take q clean cloth
wrune out of cold wafer very dry; pross
with the hands very firmly all around the
butter take it of, wringing out butter
milk. Wet again, and wiring dry as before.
Press it several times, after which sprinkle
a little sugar all around the butter Con-
tinue the same way with each layer until
it is ali in the jar. A neat cloth just the
size of the jar is to be spread smoothly
over the butter. A great many think but
ter must not be worked over until it stands
over night. Then it is so cold that it must
be warmed, and it will not get its deep yell
low color as by the above method OF
course you cannot do this in very warm
weather, as it will not get cool so that it
can be worked over the same day it is
ohurned, unless ice is used TO set it on
then there is no trouble.
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j. FRANK CLARK,
COUNTY CORONER & UNDERTAKEN,
No. IOI. Fourth St, bet. j and X.

A LwAYs ON HAND THE MOST COMPLETE
n Stock Of UNDERTAKING GOODS on the
coast. Country orders, day or night, will re
ceive prompt attention. TELEPHONE NUMBER,
l34. GEO. II. CL ARK, Funeral Director.
inf
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MARKETS.

NEW YORK MARKET,
1920 and 1922 K Sacramento.
CPARERIBS AND PORK, AND ALL KINDS
y of Fresh and Salt Meats. Every variety of
Sausages fresh every day. Also, Ham, Bacon
and Lard at the most reasonable prices. Beet
and Mutton by the carcass, side or quarter,
shipped to all parts of the country. All orders
promptly attended to.
lip oDELL HERZoG, Proprietors.
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WONDERS OF THE SEA.
Some of the Things of Interest About
Ocean Life.


The sea occupies three-fifths of the sur
face CT the earth At the depth of about
{, 800 feet waves are not felt. The temper
ature is the same. varying only trifle from
the ice of the pole to the burning sun of the
EQUATOR A mile down the water has a
pressure ofoyer ton to the square inch. II
box six feet deep filed with sea water and
allowed to eyaporate under the sun, there
would be two inches of salt left on the bot
tom. Taking the average depth of the
ocean to be three miles there would be a
layer of salt 230 feet thick on the bed of the
Atlantic. The water is colder at the bot
1T IN than at the surface. In the many bays
on the coast of Norway the water often
freezes at the bottom before il does above
Waves are very deceptive. To look at
them in storm one would think the wa
t4r travelled. The water stays in the same
place, but the motion goes on. Sometimes
in storms these waves are forty feet high
aud travel fifty miles an hour-more than
twice as fast as the swiftest steamer. The
distance from valley to valley is generally
fifteen times the hight, hence wave FIVE
feet high will extend over IS feet of water
The force of the sea dashing on Bell Rock
is said TO be seventeen tons for each square
yard. Evaporation is a wonderful power
in drawing the water from the sea. Every
gear layer OF the entire sea, fourteen feet
thick, is taken up into the clouds. The
winds bear their burden into the land, and
the water comes down in rain upon the
fields to flow back at last through rivers.
The depths of the sea present an interest
ing problem. If the Atlantic was lowered
G, 564 feet, the distance from shore to shore
would be half as great or 1,500 miles If
lowered little more than three miles, say
1859 feet, there would be a road of dry
land from Newfoundland to Ireland This
is the plane on which the great Atlantic
cables were laid. The Mediterranean is
comparatively shallow The drying UP of
$50 feet would leave three different seas,
and Africa would be Joined with Italy
The British channel is more ike pond,
which accounts for its choppy waves 1t
sounding Of the Atlantic. a midshipman
of the navy oyereame the difficulty. and
shot weighing thirty pounds carries down
the line. A hole is bored through the
sinker, through which a rod of iron is
passed. moving easily back and forth. In
the end OF the bar a cup is dug, and the in
side coated with lard. The bar is made
fast to the line, and sling holds the shot
on. When a bar, which extends below the
ball, touches the earth, the sling unhooks
ana the shot slides off. The lard in the end
of the bar holds some of the sand, or what
ever may be on the bottom, and a drop
shuts over the cup to keep the water from
washing the sand out When the ground
is reached shock is felt as if an electric
current had passed through the line
Ocean Wage.
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). s. e. L. soutEworsb. Dentists. Sac
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ITO LET-CHEAP TENENiENTs AND UN-
| furnished rooms-good location-suitable
for housekeeping f57 small families. Inquire of
D. GARDNER, northeast corner Fourth and 1
streets If
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nor SALE-ONE 6-HORSE POWER PORT
q able Engine and Boiler; 2-horse Truck
and light Buggy; all secondhand but in good
order. Would take in exchange wood, coal, hay
IT grain, Apply at D. GARDENERS, 4Ol street.
1Dtf
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-05-26
ANOTHER ART CRAZE.

The latest art work among ladies is
known as the "French Craze" for dec
Grating china. glassware, etc. It is
something entirely new. and is both
profitable and fascinating. 1t is very
popular i'm New York. Boston and other
Eastern cities. TO ladies desiring to
learn the Art, we will send an elegant
china placque (size 1S inches,) hand
sOmely decorated, for model, together
with box of material, 100 colored de-
signs assorted i'm flowers. animals. SOL
diers, land scapes, ETC., complete, with
full instructions, upon receipt of only
S1.00. The PLAGUE alone is worth more
than the amount charged. TO every
lady ordering this outfit who encloses
the address of five other ladies interest
ed in Art matters, to whom we can
mail our new catalogue Of Art Goods
we will enclose extra and without
charge. n beautiful 80 inch, gold-tinted
placque. Address. The Empire News
To-. Syracuse, y. Y.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-05-26
WHERE TO DEAL.

Wear & Paisley's is the place to buy
fine shoes.
Three pounds of the best tea for 81. 90
| at Ovens Il Braidwoods.
Ladies look at those nice covered
hand baskets at the Bee Hive.
The newest thing in white dress
goods at Ovens ~ BraidwoOd's.
Call and see those beautiful embroid-
cred dress patterns ut Holden Bros.
Lemons. oranges, bananas, radishes,
onions and lettuce at the Bee Hive.
What, are Wear & Paisley selling
crackers for q cents per ponnd? Yes.
Go to Holden Bros. for wall paper,
fancy window blinds and spring fixtures
You can get 20 pounds light brown
sugar for 800 at Ovens Il Braid
woods.
New styles in seersucker received at
Wear & Paisley's this week. Please
call and look them over.
Jerseysl Jerseys! Jerseys The
finest thing in the line of Jerseys at
Ovens Il Braidwood's. Call and get
prices.
Waterman & Benedict have Il guam
tity .of shingles for sale cheap. Call
and look at them at their store in
Peck. 80
Any person wishing to trade small
farms in Michigan for farms in Dakota
should write for further PARTICULARS to
John Tomlill, Raymond, Clark Co. Da
kota. 49tf
When you are in need of Lime, Hair,
Cement or Plaster don't fail to give
John Saunders, Brockway Centre, a call.
He can furnish it as cheap as you can
get it anywhere and always has a full
stock OH hand. olm2
Fine Shoes. If you want the most
stylish, the best quality, and the cheap
est fine shoe in town call on Wear d
Paisley. They have just received a
large assortment from a. {. McGraw
II Co. 1t will do you good to look at
them.